Genaro Molina is an award-winning staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times. He has worked in journalism for over 35 years, starting at the San Francisco Chronicle. He has photographed the life and death of Pope John Paul II, the tragedy of AIDS in Africa, the impact of Hurricane Katrina, California migrant farm workers, Cuba after Castro, and numerous photo essays on the issue of homelessness. Molina’s portrait work includes U2, Joni Mitchell, Steven Spielberg, Dustin Hoffman, the Dali Lama, Denzel Washington and Leonardo DiCaprio. He made the last portrait of Tom Petty a few days before Petty’s untimely death. Molina’s work has been published in several books including, “A Day in the Life of California,” “The Jews in America,” “Americanos – Latino Life in America, “Al and Tipper Gore’s – The Spirit of Family,” “In the Presence of Elephants,” and “The Photojournalistic Approach.” His photographs have been exhibited on three occasions at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. They have also been shown at The Museum of the City of New York, The National Museum of Anthropology and History in Mexico City, and the Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City.